we have been traveling for awhile. i was intrigued as the landscape changed from dark walls full of sea plants to areas full of vegitation everywhere you look. Trahearne called these areas rainforestes and jungles. i pondered why they were called rain forestes and soo found out latter that day whaen water started to fall from the sky. Trahearne said this was rain. it was wonderful i felt every drop on my skin. then i felt something on my back i thought it was the rain until i felt a feeling that ripped a scream from me. i crumpled to the ground as the feeling got more intense. Trahearn was by me in a second.
"whats wrong?" he asked.
"my...back." i gasped.
he looked at my back and i heared him take a sharp breath.
"whats wrong with me?" i creid.
"you have two lumps coming from your sholders." Trahearne replied.
"is that normal?" i asked between breaths as the feeling recided.
"no but we're almost there. can you walk?" he asked.
"i think so." i replied.
but to my dismay when i tried to stand everything spun and i fell backwards. Trahearne caught me as i fell and i froze.
"i guess i can't." i said sheeplishly.
"thats all right." he said
then he picked me up and as he carried me the rest of the way. he said a couple of things but i couldn't hear him ove the loud beat of his heart and the rapid beating of mine. i didn't know what this feeling was but i felt safe and soon fell asleep in Trahearne's arms.
i woke to whispering and light touches to the horns on my head. when i opened my eyes i saw Trahearne and a female Sylvari standing over me. she looked familar but i couldn't place where. Trahearne said something to her and she turned to face me. Caithe that was her name but i had no idea how i knew it.
"hello" she said.
"hello" i replied back.
"how are you feeling?" she asked.
"tired" i replied.
"are you well enough to see the mother tree? she has been waiting for you to wake up for the past two days." she said.
i started "i've been asleep that long?" i asked.
"yes you have been and the mother tree has been waiting for you to awkae. now that your are up will you come see her?" Caithe asked.
i looked at Trahearne and he nodded.
"okay i think i'm good." i said.
i got off the bed and fallowed Caithe out the door. Trahearne fallowed right behind me. as i fallowed caith i looked around at all the diffrent things going on around me. i saw a small waterfall disappear below behind a tree. i saw things with other Sylvari float up and down. i asked Treahearne what they were. he said they were elevators and that we would be taking one shortly to see the mother tree. when we reached one of the elevators i stopped. i didn't move until Trahearne touched my shoulder and told me it was alright. we got in and i watched the door close. when we started to move i grabed on to the sides of the cage and didn't let go untill we came to a stop and the door opened. when i steped out of the elevator i looked around. we were in a big hallow of a tree. there was a chair in front of us and sitting in it was anouther Sylvari. she was semi transparent and very beautiful.
"hello my children what brings you here." she said
her voice was musical and by the way she said my children i guessed that she was the mother tree. my thought were confirmed when both Caithe and Trahearne responed.
"hello mother" they both said.
she smiled at their greeting and then looked at me. i stared back. the silence was broken whe Trahearne spoke.
"she is the lost one mother but she seems to have no memory as if she is a firstborn. the only thing she said she could remeber is a dragon's face."
the mothertree regaurded me. then said softly. "come here child let me look at you."
i went to her and put my hand in her waiting one. "close your eyes and relaxe." i did as i was told. as soon as i closed my eyes. i felt my connection to the dream return. all the memories i should of had came flooding back in like clips of a movie. in one clip there was a small girl not a Sylvari but the word human came to my mind. then it flashed to another clip with the same girl only she was an adult and next to her was a man with a crown. he wasnt a king but a prince it seemed. the girl loved him. i could tell because the next clip showed him dieing and the girl tring to be strong for the group she led to safty cried tears of sadness each night the group stopped to rest. as i watched each clip a name came to my mind.
"Demon"
i thought the name was strange till when i saw the girl again. i noticed that like me she too had horns coming from her forhead. more clips flashed by of her adventure meeting other races and saving Tyria. when the lych king was destroyed i watched as the clip flashed to her standing at the grave of her prince. it showed that clip several more times in each clip however the seasons changed and the girl brought gifts to the grave as she aged even further untill the last clip i saw was of her as an old women. in this last clip she sat down by the grave and closed her eyes. i saw her die and her spirit rose up. the princes spirt appeared next to her. they embraced and whispered to eachother.
"till next life."
the prince disappeared and i thought the girl was going to follow but to my astonishment she turned to me. she was walking towards me and when we were face to face. she said
"you and i are of the same soul your marks prove so. do you know your name?"
"no" i replied.
she smiled. "your name is Demon as was mine. what comes after is what your heart tells you."
with that she faded into me and the memories of the sylvari took her place. they were clips to and showed me everything i needed to understand. it showed me feeling such as pain and love. it should me friends that would be close. i smiled when i recognized Caithe and Trahearne among them. then the dragon's face appeared again. i thought it would go away like normal but instead it spoke.
"you may have power little one but you'll never defeat me and soon your power will be mine." it laughed as it faded from my dream. i woke with a start. it was and by the little light i had i guessed i was back in the mender room. i went to get up and flinched back when i stepped on something soft and it made a noise.
"ophff"
who ever it was sat up and i recgonized Trahearne.
"oh your up" he yawned.
"why were you on the floor." i asked
"waiting for you to wake up." he rplied standing up.
"why?"
"to ask what you saw. as soon as you touched the mother tree's hand you colapsed. she said she reconnected you to the dream and to bring you here. so what did you see?" he asked.
"i saw a human" i explained. "she was from a long time ago but she talked to me said we share the same first name and soul. the horns on my head mark it so."
"whats the name you share with her?" Trahearne asked
"demon" i replied.
Trahearne looked amazed. "really and what was her full name?" he asked
"Demondhuntergirl" i replied as a whisper from the memory sounded.
"that is very intresting. she lived two hundred years ago and from what i've read she helped in the down fall of the lych king." Trahearne said. "what else do you know about her?"
"her whole life from a five year old to the day she died." i said. "but that not all i saw."
"what else did you see?" Trahearne asked.
"a dragons face and it spoke to me." i replied.
Trahearn paled a bit. "what did it say?"
"it said i had great power and soon my power will become its." i answered.
"what powers do you have?" he asked.
"um from what i saw in demond's memory she was a necromancer so i guess that makes me one i guess and from what the dream showed me its not normal to have plants speaking to you and doing what you ask." i said.
"wait a minute you think you have her necromancer powers." Trahearne said excitedly
"yea why?" i asked.
"Demoned wasnt a normal necromancer." Trahearne explained. "she was ascended by glint a guardian dragon and she was also touched by the human god grenith. which enabled her not only to summon powerful minions but also return back the souls of the dead back to their bodies but she did it with a price. it is recorded that she had no lovers so it is assumed she gave up her emotions of love."
"no thats wrong!" i stated "the memory i saw she had a lover but he was killed helping the Ascolonians get to the refuge. his name was Rurik. Prince Rurik was how he was addressed by others." i stopped talking and Trahearne was staring at me. uncomfortable under his stare i cleared my throat and shifted my weight back and forth. he must of sensed my discomfort because he blinked and looked away.
"well now that your awake ill get the mender to look you over." he said quickly and left the room. i sat on the bed to wait. the mender came in and started examining me. she tested my reflexes and sensitivity. i didnt mind everything she was doing untill she got to my back. i was fine with her touching it was until she pulled on one of the thorns. the next thing i knew plants were making a protective sphere arond me and were trying to attack the mender. Trahearne had walked in with something in his arms when the plants attacked he dropped what he was holding and protected the mender by standing in front of her. the attacking plants veried away from him and added to the sphere around me.
"whats going on?" Treahearne asked.
i don't know." the mender replied.
"she pulled on one of the thorns on my back and this happened." i said behind the shifting plants.
Trahearne helped the mender up then picked up what he had dropped. they were books i couldnt read their title because of the plants.
"try talking to them with your mind." Trahearne suggested.
so i did. when i conected with them all i could hear was shouts "protect" being repeated. i took a breath and said with my mind.
im okay.
"dont need protect?" they all asked at once.
no not right now im fine thank you for the help.
"welcome." was the last thing they said before they started to disappear. when they were gone i apologized to the mender. she to apologized for hurting me and left the room. Trahearne put the books next to me. i read the titles they were. hero of Tyria, how to identify powers and control them, and hero of Tyria's childhood.
"what are these for?" i asked.
"the second one is to help with your powers. the other two are about Demond. you see not much is known about her so i was hoping if any information was missing you could fill it in." Trahearne explained.
"oh okay." i said and picked up the one about Demond's childhood. i read the first page and almost laughed out loud when i saw the writer was Trahearne. so thats why he wanted me to read it. he wanted to make sure he was right. as i read the pages began to blur. next thing i knew i was in a memory of Demond's childhood. i saw a little girl on the street dressed in rags. begging for food and being shoved away. everytime she got shoved away she would just move on to a new group. then a man walked threw the area he had a crown on his head so i guessed he must of been the king of Ascalon. there was a little boy with the king as he walked. everyone moved out of their way with bows. Demond ran towards them. someone tried to grab her and missed she got in front of them and the two stopped in their tracks. the boy looked at her and looked discusted. the king however looked sad.
"who's child is this?" he asked.
no one answered. then he spoke to Demond.
"where are your parents child?"
"gone" Demond replied to his question. "they said they was going to a farm to get coiwns for the chickwens theys sold. theys haven't comes back yet."
"how long ago was this child?" he asked.
"ums" Demond replied "i'm not sure. I've been alone for a while now."
"where do you live?" the king asked.
"i used to live at that house up theres." Demond pointed. "but then some big mean scary men knew my ma and da weren't home and threw me out on to the street."
"really" the king said "then you must be hungry why don't you come with me and well get you cleaned up and look for your parents." he held out his hand and Demond took it. the boy wich i guessed must be the kings son still looked discusted. the scene changed and Demod was at the castle. there she was taken by a maid to get a bath and clean cloths. the maid tried to put her in a dress but Demond refused. sighing the maid handed her breeches and a tunic. Demond smiled and fallowed the maid when she was in the clean cloths. now that all the dirt and rags were gone Demond was an adorwable little girl. the fact was proven so for when they returned the boy's jaw was hanging open in surprise and amazment and he no longer looked discusted. i blinked and the memory faded. i looked at the book and relized with a start that i had read and experienced five chapters. when i looked up Trahearne was asleep in a chair. i glanced out side and i noticed it was dark out. getting up i picked up a blanket and covered Trahearne with it. then i headed outside to look at the stars. i didnt know what it was but suddenly a very strong feeling was telling me to go to the small pond and waterfall. when i got to it there was something glowing on the bottom. curious to what it was i equiped my breathing apparatus and dove in. when i reached the glowing spot two things happened at once. one thing told me to touch the glow. anouther was telling me not to. the voice telling me to touch it was a soft whisper. the voice telling me not to was female and sweet sounding.
then Demond spoke "the gods are fighting over you young one. which do you choose the god of death Grenth or the goddes of light Dwayna."
"what are my choices?" i asked and the voices sounded.
Dwayna spoke first "i will offer you the gift of luck and healing."
then Grenth spoke in his quite whisper. "i will offer the same gift i gave to Demond. the returning of souls from the grave but i require a price."
"whats your price?" i asked.
"the same i took from Demond. your emotions of love." Grenth whispered.
"but what if someone loves me? how will i show them that i did love them?" i asked with Trahearne in my mind.
"if they love you enough to give something else to me then i will return your emotions." Grenth said.
"what is your price goddess." i said addressing Dwayna.
"i require the same only mine is your emotions of fear." she said.
"i thank you for your offer goddess but i must go with grenth. many will die in the war against the dragons so unless they died because it was their time i will be able to bring them back to love ones. where as your gift goddess i could only mend the dead and living if i were near them." i said calmly.
"touch the orb to accept." Grenth whispered and an orb materialized in the glow.
i reached forward and placed my hand on it. i felt a shock go threw my body and found my self stuck to the orb. i saw a tranparent hands come from the orb. one had a black ball and i watched as the other reached in side me and pulled out a ball of light. the other hand placed the black ball inside me. the hands went back into the orb and i could release it. as soon as i moved my hand away i felt more pain shoot up my back and dark black wings enclosed around me. then i felt them move and press flat against my back. i saw someone come to the ponds edge so i swam to the surface. when i came close to the surface i heard Grenth one lats time.
"these wings mark you as mine. no one but you and those dying or brought back will see that you are mine. use them well." he whispered.